Horn weight for cattle



July 29, 1930. F. H. PETERsEN 1,771,900

HORN WEIGHT FOR CATTLE Filed Feb. 1e. 1929 @a JL y 1 1..Illlllll lil. J2

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,FRANK rnmnnsnn, vor DENVER, ooioneno.

Henn Wnieim non y CATTLE Appneaaon-mea'Febmary'le ieee. serial No. 340,593.

VMy invention relates to improvements Vinl horn Weights for cattle. v

rThe main object ofthe inventionsto provide a horn Weight comprising,` the Weight proper .and the clamping elements," said weight and clampingelements beingf'assembled at the time of manufacture and supplied Y t ie'trade in assembled form, thus preventingthe loss of paris` and enabling the Weights to be easily andqniclzly placed upon the horns oi?- cattle and clamped thereonv in thefdesireol position. V i

Further, Atoprovide a horn-Weight, which y Will accommodate itself to the vcurve of' the horn; `".vaich is provided with clamping means which Will not produce allattened sur- Jace on the* horn or otherwise mar tlie saine, which also provides for a free circulation of air around 'the horn at the Vpoint Where is'cl ped thereon. i

'fell n sans in connection therewith. Y

rizontal sectional View' on the a he 5 of Fig. 3. Y n is a side View of the clamp block. is a hottom'v'iew of the same, and 8 is a side edeevievv of the key for loe-:i g the clamp block in the Weight.

Referring to ie accompanying` drawings: "f he numeral l designates the horn Weight which is preferably spherical inv form lont which may be of other ormshaving arounded surface, and they may he made in sizes varying 'from a half pound to three or more pounds to meet requirements in the dilierent stages 'o' the horn-bending process. The

inV the straight sided hole. VAweight is thinnest at the point correspondingj y tothe upper side of objects are accomplished hyv the char ying hole, and showing the clampvvertical V-shaped `groove Weight has a tapered, hole 2, extending y through the same, the aXisof Whichs eccentric to theaxial center of the Weight, and the einem upper half of this hole is of an inverted Vi. 4

shape in cross section, this construction permitting' the horn, Which is slightly curved, to passthrough the hole, as 'the' ou'tercurve of the horn will lie in the V-shapedpart ofthe hole, thus'permittin'g the curved horntov fit rEhe Wallv of the the hole 2, andthiclest atthe diametricall'y opposite poiI1t,wvhich for convenience, will be termed the lower side ot the Weight` 'in casting' the iveight,a cir- 'f cular hole 3 entends into the'loiverside thereoand opensinto -asquare recess 4 ofsuf'b" cient `depth to Areceiwe a; nut of suitable size, vas will Vlater he seen,andv the recess4 opens into'a circular recess 5 of greater diameterv than the recess 4, and'froin the recess 5, asuhstantially square openingv 6 'intersects the horn receiving hole 25 the fopening 6 being slightly larger than the'square recess 4. The recess 4 is positioned sothat' twoof its 'oppo site corners are inline With'the' axis'ot' the hole 2, and the sides ot the opening i'are parallel with those'of the opening 4; FromV point thereohfis formed a doveetailed keyway' v Z which intersects the opening 6, the bottom of said leywaycoinciding with? the upper Wall of the ci'rcularrecess 5, :1s-clearly shown in Fig. l. i" i rlhe clamping elements 'comprise a nut'S, 'a clamping bloeit-9, and'a machine serevvflO. The lolook 9 riscircu-lar in formY and Hat onr i itsjtoprand bottom, sides; lits topside heiner the'larger end of the hole 2 and at the lowestk y serrated or formed with: a pluralityof :point- I so formed Witha. 12 on one'side, and with tivo oppositely projecting'flugs .l'ivhich are flush vviththe bottoni about one-third of its thickness.

Y The Weights are supplied to.

ed teetli"ll,"and it is a the Strade `v7`with theclamping members assembled and locked Within the Weight, and 'these members are assembled and locked against accidental displacement inV the following manner The,- nut 8 is inserted in the larger end of the horn:

of the block andM CID groove 12 in the block.

hole 2 and assed through the o eninO' 6 p n p c quarter turn to cause its groove 12 to register with the keyway 7 and a key 141 having a if-shaped forward end 15 is driven into tno. keyway, its forward end projecting into the The key prevents turning of the block, and the lugs 13 on the block extend under the upper wall of the recess 5 and prevent the block frein beconiing disconnected froin the weight but perinit upward inoveinent of the saine. The 'ti-shaped end of the key is slightly upturned as shown in Fig. 8,' and this prevents the possibility of the key passing under the clamping block, if the block should be at the liinit of its upward movement in the recess when the key is driven into the keyway. rPhe side edges of the key are beveled to correspond lto the sides Aof the dovetailed keyway 7 and the key lits so tightly in the keyway that it must be forcibly driven in place and therefore cannot work loose. The screw bolt is inselted in the hole 3 and screwed intothe nut 8 and the weight is then ready to be attached to a horn. In practice, the size of the weights to be used is determined by the age of the cattle, as well as by the sizes of their horns, the purpose of the weights being to cause the horns gradually to turn downward and inward rather than upward and outward, which is their natural tendency, thus not only giving uniformity in respect to horns, to all the cattle of a herd, but at the sarne time eliminating the danger from gorings. The weights are placed upon the horns with theV clamping members on tne under side thereof, and the screws 10 are turned aga-inst the clainp blocks thereby clamping theni against the horns and thus securing the weights thereon, and as the under sides of the weights are thicker and therefore heavier than the upper sides, tl ey `will remain in the positions in which theyv are clamped without turning upon the horns.

As the clanip `block engages only a sinall part of the surface of the horn, une norn will not be flattened or straightened under the clamping action. Recesses 16 are formed in opposite sides of the face Vof the horn receiving hole 2, and these recesses not only reduce the contact surface between the weight and horn,.but they also permit a free circulation of air around the horn within the weight thereby preventing sweating.

.Havinof described my invention, what I claiin as new and desire to secure by Letters lfatent,v is

l. A horn weight comprising a metal body having a tapered horn-receiving hole, a c1r cular recess in the body, a square recess in the bottom of the circular recess, a hole ex i opposite projecting lugs on its lower end of l less thickness than the depth of said recess, which are adapted to engage the upper wall or" said recess to prevent disconnection of the block from the recess, said block having a serrated upper end, means lor preventing rotation of said block, a screw in the nut whifclris adapted to be turned against the block thereby to clanip the saine upon the horn to secure the weight thereon.

2. A horn weight comprising a Inetal body Vhaving a tapered 4horn-receiving hole the upper half of which is of an inverted V- Yshape in vcross section, said body"having square recessV in lower portion and a hole eX- tending out through said square recess, a circular recess above and communicating with the square recess and of greater diameter, and an opening intersecting the circular'recess and the horn-receiving holeand coinciding with the square recess, a keyway being fornied in the lower side of the horn receiving noie which intersects the said opening; a nut in the square recess; a block in the circular recess having a serrated upper end, a groove in one side thereof and opposite irojection on its lower end of less thickness than the depth of the said circular recess and adapted to prevent disconnection of the block from the recess by engagement with the upper wall of said recess, a key in saidkeyway which engages the groove in said block to prevent turning of the same, and a screw in said nut to engage the block to force the saine against the horn therebyV to secure the weight thereon.

in testimony whereof, I affix iny signature FRANK H. rnrnnsniv.

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